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Way better than the new version. Filled with an all-star cast like Sheen and Swayze and his dance partner from dirty dancing it's a Cold War spell on American soil. A group of highschool kids and older brother (swayze) hide out in the mountains to avoid an invasion army of Russians and Nicuraugans flank the U.S. From both north and south and make there way to a small Rocky Mountain town and imprison or kill the towns folks presiding there.Barely escaping the kids arm up and stage attacks on the armies in a rebel fashion to avenge there parents and friends deaths.It's such a good movie

have long been a fan of this movie. Its an early start for a lot of would become stars, a great story (if that's your thing). Won't even watch the remake. Its not GREAT acting, but has a touch of realism to what could be, particularly in light of some of the things that have happened to the world since

This is a classic 80's movie! It captures the unrest we, in the US, had surrounding us during the cold war. The small band of outcast freedom fighters makes a stand against the machine and prevails. This gives great voice to the spirit most Americans still have when it comes to defending our country from invaders. This movie forces you to look at yourself and ask yourself "what would I do, if this just happened?" These people are unprepared, no one is in hiding, it's just a normal day......until.....

The cast works well together, I've seen this movie many times and never tired of it. We rented this because our son had to do a school project on wars. The cold war a choice so we suggested this. It's easily as watchable today as it was then. He learned what we meant by fear of invaders and bomb drills. If you've never seen the original 1984 movie....you really are missing out!

Red Dawn is a 1984 action movie. After NATO is dissolved, the Soviet Union invades and takes over the United States. In the process of establishing a presence in one particular Colorado town, a group of high school students and one student's older brother manage to escape to the nearby mountains where they then ultimately become rebels and start striking back against the Soviet soldiers.

I always enjoyed Red Dawn. The blu-ray quality of the movie looked nice and have no complaints there. On the other hand I never owned it on VHS or DVD so I can't compare the blu-ray quality to either. The one special feature I watched was also good. Lea Thompson mentioned at one point the interesting fact that Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey actually didn't get along behind the scenes and fought like a brother and sister. Which is funny to think that just a few years later, they starred together in Dirty Dancing.

The cold war classic. Early career appearances by Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, et al. Plus old veterans like Harry Dean Stanton, Ben Johnson, and Powers Booth. On a purely cinematic basis, not the best movie. There are some jarringly abrupt edits and some obviously truncated scenes. I would love to see the directors original cut, if it still exists. But as a Reagan era cold war icon, it is deserving of it's cult classic status.